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A review by leootherland
Soft Targets by Carson Winter
5.0
I'd wholly forgotten I was on Tenebrous Press's ARC (Advanced Reader Copy) list until on the 26 of last month a copy of Soft Targets showed up in my inbox. Considering I had been waiting for this one to come out, needless to say I was excited and threw all my other responsibilities to the wind to read.
I read the whole thing in a little less than two days.
Couldn't put it down and kept thinking about it when I couldn't read it.
This book, it haunts you. Grips you tight from the first moments and doesn't let go. Even now, several days after having read it and not gotten around to posting this review, the words of praise I have for Soft Targets just flow right off my fingertips. Generally, I write my reviews directly after reading a book because it is best to write when the emotion is fresh and still moving in your mind and heart. And yet with this one, with this book I can still find that emotions days late.
On the surface, Soft Targets is a bundle of content warnings, an exploration of the worst of what can happen when mental health deteriorates and spirals down into violence. But below that, on a deeper level where this story made me cry, there is the question of what would we do if we discovered some days were less real than others. If we could live without consequences, how would we live? These questions are not discussed on a higher level, but if we look at the worst of what we as humans are capable of, the question of our best is also brought to light, and the two twined together make this book an amazing read.
In all our days, our real and less real days, how will we live? And will we choose to live our best or our worst? I will be sitting back and pondering those questions while I wait until I can hold a paperback copy of this book in my hands.
I read the whole thing in a little less than two days.
Couldn't put it down and kept thinking about it when I couldn't read it.
This book, it haunts you. Grips you tight from the first moments and doesn't let go. Even now, several days after having read it and not gotten around to posting this review, the words of praise I have for Soft Targets just flow right off my fingertips. Generally, I write my reviews directly after reading a book because it is best to write when the emotion is fresh and still moving in your mind and heart. And yet with this one, with this book I can still find that emotions days late.
On the surface, Soft Targets is a bundle of content warnings, an exploration of the worst of what can happen when mental health deteriorates and spirals down into violence. But below that, on a deeper level where this story made me cry, there is the question of what would we do if we discovered some days were less real than others. If we could live without consequences, how would we live? These questions are not discussed on a higher level, but if we look at the worst of what we as humans are capable of, the question of our best is also brought to light, and the two twined together make this book an amazing read.
In all our days, our real and less real days, how will we live? And will we choose to live our best or our worst? I will be sitting back and pondering those questions while I wait until I can hold a paperback copy of this book in my hands.